17 May 2016

16-027 Corps of Engineers offers spring recreation opportunities on Lower Granite Lake

POMEROY, Wash. – Outdoors enthusiasts can enjoy spring at recreation facilities on Lower Granite Lake managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

13 May 2016

Federal Partners unveil new turbine: safer for fish – more efficient

BURBANK, Wash. – An advanced-technology turbine, designed to improve fish passage at federal dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers is being installed at Ice Harbor Lock and Dam in southeast Washington state.

12 May 2016

16-025 Summer recreational vessel lockage schedule begins May 15

WALLA WALLA, Wash. -- Sunday, May 15, marks the start of the summer schedule for recreational boaters using navigation locks to travel past U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers, according to Corps navigation planners.

9 May 2016

16-024 Goats return to manage levee vegetation along Mill Creek; temporary leash rules in effect to help protect goats, visitors

WALLA WALLA, Wash. – A herd of goats arrives today, Friday, May 6, to remove weeds and other vegetation growing on levees that border the creek shoreline extending from the Mill Creek diversion dam downstream to the metal division works foot bridge near the Mill Creek Office.

3 May 2016

16-023 Corps installs adult fish ladder temperature improvement system at Lower Granite Dam

New system expected to eliminate a thermal barrier to migrating lower Snake River adult salmon and steelhead POMEROY, Wash. – 2015 was the hottest year on record, and fish perished in rivers throughout the West, in reaches with and without dams due to elevated water temperatures.

29 Apr 2016

16-022 Borgans Island closed due to continued unauthorized visitor activities

TRI-CITIES, Wash. -- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials permanently closed public access to Borgans Island (also known as Chiawana Island) on the Columbia River between Pasco and Kennewick due to repeated unauthorized visitor activities, Corps officials announced, today.

26 Apr 2016

16-021 Dworshak flows to fluctuate while testing hatchery water systems

AHSAHKA, Idaho – Water discharged from Dworshak Dam and Reservoir will fluctuate Thursday and Friday, April 28-29, as staff conduct testing of the Dworshak National Fish Hatchery’s total dissolve gas (TDG) degassing equipment, according to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers water-management officials at the Walla Walla District.

19 Apr 2016

16-020 LoMo navigation lock repairs to temporarily affect navigators, cross-dam drivers

LoMo navigation lock repairs to temporarily affect navigators, cross-dam drivers – NavLock to temporarily close April 21 for valve repairs – Public traffic may experience crossing delays KAHLOTUS, Wash. – Lower Monumental Dam’s navigation lock will be temporarily out of service April. 21 to allow repair of the lock’s tainter fill valves, according to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers navigation officials at the Walla Walla District.

18 Apr 2016

16-019 Lower Granite Visitor Center temporarily closed

POMEROY, Wash. – Lower Granite Lock and Dam’s visitor center will be temporarily closed April 18-22 to accommodate work on the nearby juvenile fish bypass system.

14 Apr 2016

16-018 Snake River Basin snowpack, inflows, post-wildfire conditions create potential flood risks; Corps encourages seasonal flood awareness

SNAKE RIVER BASIN – An April 1 near-average snowpack and current seasonal runoff forecasts throughout the Snake River Basin prompted regional water managers to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Walla Walla District rate the 2016 spring flood potential at normal to slightly above normal.